TEMPO/Tangerang to Inspect Foreign Workers

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Tangerang Immigration office said it will conduct inspection and checks on foreign workers in the region to put their presence in order in line with the regulation, suggesting foreign workers to renew their expired or nearly expired working license.

Head of the Tangerang Immigration Office Pondang Tambunan said there are 4,500 foreigners registered in the region, around 100 were holding five year stay permit and the remaining were holding one year permit.

Most of the longer stay permit holders, he said, are Korean nationals investors or top management staffers while most of the shorter stay permit holders are fottball players from African and Latin American countries.

He said his office is working with the Demography and Civil Registry Office to prepare for the inspection.